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A T'Telir beggar-king who runs a back-alley franchise on the garbage of two restaurants: a coin a day in tribute buys an urchin or a beggar the right to feed from the fresh refuse. He is the dirtiest man Vivenna has met on the streets and dresses in expensive fashions deliberately let go to filth — a personal joke at the highborn's expense. He keeps toughs at his elbow and turns Vivenna away empty-handed on her last night, demanding two coins next time before he will let her eat. STD:WB:Ch 41